Yes, you can set up a different user if you like. As the user 'olpc'
has root anyway, a different user will be less privileged. It really
depends on what this lesser user is to be entitled to do.

On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 05:44:35PM -0500, Adam Holt wrote:

> Is it generally OK to change the password of user 'olpc' on an XO laptop, e.g.
> to set up remote ssh access to that XO?
>
> Or is it somehow safer to create or set up a brand new Linux user for this
> purpose?
>
> Thanks if u know!
>
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